It announced on Monday that it is planning to introduce more than 10 electric vehicles across the world by the early 2020s.

The scale of that ambition can be gauged by the fact it doesn't have one 'pure' electric commercially manufactured car at the moment.

The first market to get the new EV will be China, which will be followed, gradually, by Japan, India, the US and Europe.

Under the plan, it expects to be selling more than 10 different BEVs (battery-powered models) worldwide by the early 2020s and electrified versions of every model in the Toyota and Lexus line-ups by 2025.

It also has plans to sell around 5.5 million conventional petrol-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2030.

It remains heavily committed to the fuel cell concept and expects to be in a position to sell one million EVs or fuel cell vehicles alone a year.

* Suzuki has announced Agnelli Motor Park is a new franchise for it in Dublin. The state-of-the-art 128sq/m, six-car showroom on Greenhills Road is the fourth Suzuki retail location in the city.

* BMW is to build a test track for self-driving and electric cars in the Czech Republic.